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Encyclopedia > Jamie Selkirk

Jamie Selkirk is a film editor and producer most prominently known for his work on the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He served as co-producer for all three episodes, and as supervising editor for The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Film editing. ... A film producer oversees the making of movies. ... The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie poster (2001) The Lord of the Rings film trilogy comprises three live action films, directed by Peter Jackson and released by New Line Cinema. ...


His work with Annie Collins on The Return of the King earned the film an Oscar for Best Editing in 2004. Academy Awards The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ...


Selkirk collaborated with Peter Jackson on many of his prior films, as well as on his 2005 remake of King Kong. He began his work in the entertainment industry as an editor for the New Zealand Broadcasting Company. Peter Jackson in New York (USA), at the premiere of King Kong, December 5, 2005 Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961, Pukerua Bay) is a New Zealand-born filmmaker best-known as the director of the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, which he, along with Fran... King Kong is the Academy Award-winning 2005 remake of the original 1933 King Kong about a fictional giant ape called Kong. ...


Filmography

  • King Kong (2005)(editor)
  • The Return of the King (2003)(supervising editor, co-producer)
  • The Long and Short of It (co-producer)
  • The Two Towers (2002)(co-producer)
  • The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)(co-producer)
  • Wasted (1998) (executive producer)
  • Larger Than Life (1997)(producer)
  • The Frighteners (1996)(producer, editor)
  • Heavenly Creatures (1994)(editor)
  • Jack Brown Genius (1994)(executive producer, editor)
  • Braindead aka Dead Alive (1992)(associate producer, editor)
  • Old Scores (1991)(editor)
  • Meet the Feebles (1989)(editor)
  • Bad Taste (1987)(editor)
  • The Silent One (1984)(editor)
  • Squeeze (1980)(editor)
  • A Woman of Good Character (1980)(editor)

King Kong is the Academy Award-winning 2005 remake of the original 1933 King Kong about a fictional giant ape called Kong. ... Larger Than Life is a comedy staring Bill Murray as Jack Corcoran, a motivational speaker for the masses in mini-malls and rented halls across the country. ... The Frighteners is a 1996 film directed by Peter Jackson about a psychic private detective who stands in the way of a serial killing death-like creature. ... Heavenly Creatures (1994) is a film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the true story of the Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch, New Zealand. ... Braindead (New Zealand 1992), released as Dead Alive in North America, is an extreme zombie horror-comedy directed by Peter Jackson. ... Meet The Feebles (1989) is a black comedy film by director Peter Jackson. ... Bad Taste is a low-budget 1987 cult film, one of the first directed by Peter Jackson, in which aliens invade the fictional New Zealand village of Kaihoro (population 78) in order to harvest human beings for their intergalactic fast food franchise but are repelled by a four-man paramilitary...

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Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel (405 words)
Jamie Selkirk, editor of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, told SCI FI Wire that the final three-hour, 20-minute movie was trimmed down from an earlier cut that ran more than four and a half hours.
"It was really difficult, because we had a lot of very key stuff to actually still get in within the story," Selkirk said in an interview.
After the film's climax, there is still a 20-minute denouement, which Selkirk thought was a first for Hollywood movies.
Quokka Systems Consulting Ltd (861 words)
As the oldest and largest (and the original) Gray Whale tour company on Canada's West Coast, Jamie's Whaling Station and Adventures Centres in Ucluelet and Tofino is gearing up for what could possibly be their busiest season in the twenty-one year history of the company.
In 2002, Jamie's added a specialty tour to view the thousands of Stellar's and California Sea Lions that congregate in the 'Broken Group Islands' in Pacific Rim National Park during August and September.
Gray Whale watching with Jamie's continues from mid-February through October each year, first with the spring migration and later with the summer resident whales that feed in the bays and fjords near Tofino and Ucluelet.
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